By BONNIE GRAHAM Build a parking garage at the north end of Ocean Grove. Build a parking garage at the south end of Ocean Grove. Establish shuttle bus service and bike lanes. These were just some of the suggestions made at the Better Parking Alliance meeting held over the weekend in Ocean Grove. The grassroots […]

By BONNIE GRAHAM Bob Waitt, President of the Historical Society of Ocean Grove, presented an overview of his organization’s current and future projects and answered questions from the floor at Saturday’s meeting of the Ocean Grove Home Owners Association. The meeting was held in the Camp Meeting Association’s (OGCMA) Community Room on Pilgrim Pathway and […]

  By BONNIE GRAHAM The summer season opening “Welcome Coffee” meeting and fellowship gathering of the nearly 400-member Ladies Auxiliary of the Ocean Grove Auditorium Ushers was held Sat., June 30  in the Youth Temple. Dr. Dale Whilden, Interim Chief Operating Officer of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, praised the women for their enthusiasm […]

  By BONNIE GRAHAM Ocean Grove’s Herbert Herbst, who spearheaded the massive renovation of the dilapidated and historic Neptune High School, located at the intersection of Main Street and Main Avenue, into the fully functional Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove was remembered on Sunday afternoon with a “celebration of life” program and repast. […]

  By BONNIE GRAHAM Throughout the summer of 2016, a sizeable contingent from the all-volunteer Ladies Auxiliary of the Auditorium Ushers worked a variety of events to raise funds for various Ocean Grove summer and community-wide projects and programs. The multi-generational group was easily recognizable, as always, in their red polo shirts or red T-shirts […]

  By BONNIE GRAHAM The multi-generational Ladies Auxiliary of the Ocean Grove Auditorium Ushers 2016 fundraising season is underway. On June 23 the membership attended their annual “Welcome Coffee” at the Youth Temple. The current officers and committee chairs were introduced, with many addressing the meeting attendees about their specific projects. Camp Meeting Association President […]

  By BONNIE GRAHAM The Ocean Grove Home Owners Association continues on with its active engagement in two “hot button” issues concerning this historic community – the ever-present parking situation, and the increase in the annual ground rent for some commercial properties. At Saturday’s membership meeting, Joyce Klein, Chair of the OGHOA’s Parking Committee, said, […]

  By BONNIE GRAHAM The Parking Committee of the Ocean Grove Homeowners Association has recommended ways to alleviate the parking situation in the historic district which include metered parking along the east side of Ocean Avenue and on Broadway between Ocean and Central Avenues, a shuttle service from one of the Neptune schools and establshing […]